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This index covers the Schenectady Daily Gazette for July 1899 to September 8, 1899, 1902, 1993 to June 1995, December 2005 to July 2, 2006, January 2008 to May 7, 2008, March 2010 to August 19, 2011 and Jan 1, 2013 to April 25, 2013, as well as other Schenectady papers for various periods dating back to 1803 and regional papers (covering the counties of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren and Washington) beginning in 2005-6 through May 16, 2013. See the newspaper list for specific coverage.
Unless otherwise stated, this index includes all obituaries and death notices (labeled DN) in the newspaper. It also includes citations to related articles. Entries without page numbers generally indicate obituaries posted to the newspaper's Web site; articles from those papers are not included.
The form of the index is as follows: last name, first name, maiden name in parentheses if we can verify it, newspaper code, date and page, death date if known and notes. Entries from Thomas Reimer's index to Schenectady German-language newspapers also include a column number.
Total citations to date: 100,232, including 22,850 added entries for maiden names.
In order to minimize the confusion caused by variant spellings and spacing, the normal sorting order has been modified. Names are filed without regard to case, spacing or punctuation, Mac and Mc are filed together as Mac, and names beginning with St. are under Saint.
Whitebread
- Benjamin Karl - Feb 19, 1995
- GAZ Feb 20, 1995:D2 [infant; DN only, others 21:D4, 22:D6]
Whited
- <no name> - Dec 13, 1830
- CAB Dec 15, 1830:3 [Mrs. Stephen G.]
- Lyman - Jun 28, 1823
- Stephen G. - Aug 28, 1822
Whitefield
- Betsy Ann - Feb 21, 2012
- PST Feb 24, 2012 [in Lake Placid, NY]
Whitehead
- Andrew J. - Jul 19, 2010
- GAZ Jul 22, 2010:B7 [2nd 7/23/10:B7, memoriam 7/19/11:B7]
- Caroline (Whitehead) Adler
- SHJ Sep 7, 1917:5 col 1 [Mrs., in New York, NY]
- Dylan Joseph - Feb 22, 2007
- GAZ Feb 13, 2008:B5 [infant, memoriam, others 2/22/08:B7 (3), 2/13/11:B6, 2/22/13:B5]
- Hazel - Apr 1, 1994
- GAZ Apr 3, 1994:B8 [Mrs. Donald B.; DN 4:D1]
- Isabella (Lewis) - Jul 6, 2011
- PST Jul 9, 2011 [Mrs. Lawrence K.]
- Keith F. - Feb 16, 2011
- Maria - Mar 20, 2013
- GAZ Mar 21, 2013:B7 [2nd with photo 22:B7]
- Mark A. - Mar 15, 1993
- GAZ Mar 19, 1993:B15 [DN 18:D5]
- Phebe - Feb 11, 1828
- CAB Feb 20, 1828:3 [Miss]
- Rozell - Feb 25, 2012
- GAZ Feb 2, 2013:B7 [Mr., article]
Whitehouse
- Dolores A. (Cavallo) - May 11, 2006
- GAZ May 13, 2006:B7 [Mrs. John M. "Jack"]
- LHR May 13, 2006 [Mrs. John M. "Jack", corrected obit 5/14]
- Harold W. - Oct 30, 2007
- Janet A. (Smith) - Oct 2, 2009
- SAR Oct 4, 2009 [Mrs. Kenneth W.]
- John M. "Jack" - Aug 31, 2011
Whitehurst
- Bermaline E. - Mar 4, 1995
- GAZ Mar 5, 1995:B8 [Mrs. James G.]
- Leona - Jun 29, 1994
- GAZ Jun 30, 1994:B11 [Mrs. William, former married name Baxter]
Whitelaw
- Elizabeth "Betty" (Van Wyck) - Dec 15, 2009
- PST Dec 18, 2009 [Mrs. Hamilton Dey Jr.]
- Helen (Whitelaw) Blewer - Mar 29, 2006
- GAZ Apr 2, 2006:B6 [Mrs. (Capt.) James W.]
- LHR Apr 2, 2006 [Mrs. (Capt.) James W.]
Whiteley
- Nicholas Michael "Nick" - Aug 28, 2012
- SPT Sep 13, 2012:14 [in Hampstead, NC]
Whiteman
- Geraldine M. (Swartz) - Oct 3, 2010
- CSE Oct 7, 2010 [Mrs. Fred L., sons' surname Sanders]
- Loretta (Whiteman) Moyer - Apr 17, 2011
- GAZ Apr 19, 2011:B7 [Mrs. Spaulding "Jim", former married name Mrs. Vaughn Crewell Sr.]
Whitemire
- Lawrence E. Sr. - Jul 15, 2009
- PST Jul 17, 2009 [in Bennington, VT]
Whitesel
- John R. - Mar 24, 2012
- PST Mar 26, 2012 [2nd longer obit 3/28, article 6/18]
Whitesell
- Anita - Oct 20, 2010
- GAZ Oct 21, 2010:B2 [article (unidentified) (Saratoga/Albany edition only), 2nd 22:B5]
- SAR Oct 21, 2010 [article]
Whiteside
- Edward J. - Mar 19, 2009
- Elsie (Hill) - Nov 5, 2008
- PST Nov 8, 2008 [Mrs. Edward]
Whitfield
Whitford
- Beverly S. (Whitford) Little - Jan 21, 2013
- GAZ Jan 23, 2013:B6 [Mrs. John]
- Carmel E. - Jul 8, 1993
- GAZ Jul 11, 1993:B6 [Mrs. George]
- Helen Ann (Marcure) - Oct 30, 2007
- PST Oct 31, 2007 [Mrs. Wilbur "Bud"]
- James Dennis "Jimmy" "Whit" - Oct 23, 2009
- Robert J. - Feb 17, 2010
- PST Feb 19, 2010 [article]
- Stillman - Jun 27, 1884
- REF Jul 3, 1884:3 [child, additional note same page, 1/8/85:4]
- Walter Sherman - Feb 25, 2007
- PST Feb 27, 2007 [in Crown Point, NY]
- William - Apr 4, 1883
- REF Apr 12, 1883:3 [article 12:4, additional note 1/3/84:3]
Whitham
- Clifford Jr. "Cliff" - Apr 11, 2008
Whiting
- Claire A. (Whiting) Hunter - Nov 11, 2009
- PST Nov 12, 2009 [Mrs. Ralph L.]
- Danon Keith - Jan 28, 2013
- PST Jan 30, 2013 [in Ontario, CA, 2nd longer obit 1/31]
- WHT Feb 7, 2013 [in Ontario, CA]
- Diane M. (Whiting) Wade - Jul 10, 2010
- GAZ Jul 12, 2010:B7 [Mrs. Ralph G.]
- PST Jul 12, 2010 [Mrs. Ralph G.]
- SAR Jul 12, 2010 [Mrs. Ralph G.]
- Dorothy (Hayes) - Sep 7, 2010
- GAZ Sep 9, 2010:B7 [Mrs. Ray L.]
- LHR Sep 9, 2010 [Mrs. Ray L.]
- Edward F. Sr. - Feb 12, 2012
- PST Feb 14, 2012 [2nd longer obit with photo 2/15]
- Frank L. Jr. - Feb 4, 2007
- PST Feb 5, 2007 [2nd longer obit with photo 2/6]
- Jane Helen (Fonda) - Apr 30, 1852
- CAB May 18, 1852:3 [Mrs. Nathan, in Williamsburgh, NY]
- Joan (Comeskey) - May 23, 2009
- PST Jun 7, 2009 [Mrs. Samuel H. Sr., in Hernando, FL]
- Louise (Pinto) - May 2, 1993
- GAZ May 4, 1993:B11 [Mrs. James; DN 4:D5, 5:D7]
- Mae (Whiting) Regan - Sep 14, 2006
- PST Sep 17, 2006 [Mrs. Joseph, in Amherst, NY, 2nd 9/18]
- Martha "Marti" (Whiting) Tucker - Dec 13, 2008
- PST Dec 18, 2008 [Mrs., 2nd longer obit with photo 12/19, articles 12/16, 12/17, 12/19]
- Phyllis N. - Mar 3, 1993
- GAZ Mar 4, 1993:B11 [Mrs.]
- Ralph N. - Apr 2, 2013
- PST Apr 6, 2013 [2nd 4/8, articles 4/3 (unidentified), 4/4]
- Richard G. - Sep 29, 2006
- PST Sep 30, 2006 [2nd 10/1]
- Richard W. - Dec 11, 2008
- PST Dec 12, 2008 [2nd longer obit with photo 12/13]
- Ricky A. Sr. - Dec 21, 2012
- PST Dec 23, 2012 [2nd longer obit with photo 12/26]
- Robert P. - Dec 26, 2006
- PST Dec 27, 2006 [2nd 12/28]
- Rose - Jun 17, 1994
- GAZ Jun 18, 1994:D1 [Mrs. Henry L., former married name Earnshaw]
- Shirley (Whiting) Santa Maria - Mar 20, 2010
- GAZ Mar 22, 2010:B6 [Mrs. Nicholas]
Whitley
- Genevieve (Grundhoeffer) - Feb 10, 1994
- GAZ Feb 11, 1994:B13 [Mrs. Vincent F.; DN 11:D8]
- June E. (Granville) - Feb 29, 2012
- SAR Mar 4, 2012:8A [Mrs. Lee H.]
- William Wallace IV - Aug 24, 2007
- PST Aug 26, 2007 [in Saranac Lake, NY, 2nd 8/27]
Whitlock
- Abel S.
- REF Feb 22, 1883:3 [fatally injured]
- Beverly L. - Jun 10, 1994
- GAZ Jun 12, 1994:B10 [Miss]
- David - Mar 26, 2013
- AMR Mar 30, 2013 [in Cooperstown, NY]
- CSE Apr 4, 2013 [in Cooperstown, NY]
- James W. - Oct 1, 1883
- REF Oct 4, 1883:3 [additional note 1/3/84:3]
- Robert F.
Whitman
- Abbie (Dymond) - Apr 15, 1993
- GAZ Apr 17, 1993:B15 [Mrs. Floyd Jay, former married name Deamer, in Pittsfield, MA]
- Alberta "Gram" (Whitman) Wilbur - Aug 13, 2012
- LHR Aug 16, 2012 [Mrs. Richard Sr., in Woodbury, VT]
- Arthur M. Jr. - Sep 14, 2006
- Barbara M. (Hanchett) - Apr 8, 1993
- GAZ Apr 13, 1993:B11 [Mrs. Robert G.]
- Beatrice J. (Filkins) - Apr 15, 2011
- GAZ Apr 18, 2011:B7 [Mrs. Clarence]
- LHR Apr 18, 2011 [Mrs. Clarence]
- Catherine M. (Whitman) Vallieu - Jan 16, 2012
- LHR Jan 18, 2012 [Mrs. Leonard R.]
- Dennis J. - Jan 10, 2012
- Doris L. (Arseneau) - Sep 12, 2007
- LHR Sep 13, 2007 [Mrs. Roy L., 2nd 9/14]
- Dorothy E. "Dotty" (Nash) - Aug 12, 2007
- PST Aug 13, 2007 [Mrs. Donald T. Sr.]
- Edward - Aug 11, 2012
- Elfia L. (Clute) - Jun 2, 2008
- PST Jun 3, 2008 [Mrs. Walter, 2nd longer obit 6/4]
- Florence (Sitterly) - May 23, 1995
- GAZ May 25, 1995:B12 [Mrs.]
- Frances Clare (Chick) - May 9, 2008
- PST May 12, 2008 [Mrs. Arthur L., former married name Mrs. Edward DeZalia Sr., in Elizabethtown, NY]
- Frank R. - Apr 19, 2008
- GAZ Apr 21, 2008:B5
- PST Apr 21, 2008
- George L. Jr. - Dec 14, 2010
- LHR Dec 16, 2010
- SAR Dec 16, 2010
- George P. - Apr 9, 2012
- AMR Apr 12, 2012 [Rev.]
- CSE Apr 12, 2012 [Rev.]
- Hamlet S. - Mar 17, 1993
- Harry O. Sr. - Jul 22, 1994
- Hazel O. (Whitman) Schuyler - Nov 16, 2009
- LHR Nov 18, 2009 [Mrs. Gerald]
- Jodie Michelle - Jun 3, 2012
- LHR Jun 6, 2012 [Miss, in Scranton, PA]
- Julia F. (Whitman) Traver - Nov 24, 2007
- LHR Nov 26, 2007 [Mrs. Robert J., 2nd 11/27]
- Karen L. - Jan 2, 2013
- PST Jan 5, 2013 [Miss, 2nd 1/8]
- Laurel Elsie (Whitman) Jones - Oct 27, 2011
- LHR Oct 30, 2011 [Mrs. Douglas, sons' surname Hagadorn]
- SAR Oct 30, 2011 [Mrs. Douglas, sons' surname Hagadorn]
- Leo - Mar 22, 2006
- GAZ Mar 25, 2006:B7 [2nd 26:B9]
- JWL Mar 30, 2006:27
- Leona H. "Aunt Nonie" (Whitman) Maloney - Dec 13, 2010
- HCE Dec 15, 2010 [Mrs. George "Cobby", in Utica, NY]
- Mark Allan - Mar 1, 1994
- GAZ Mar 3, 1994:B11 [in Woonsocket, RI]
- Martin - Jul 4, 2008
- Mildred E. (Sweet) - Jun 29, 2011
- LHR Jun 30, 2011 [Mrs. Clifton G.]
- Robin Anne (Norris) - Mar 12, 2011
- GAZ Mar 20, 2011:B8 [Mrs. Leo, in Bozeman, MT]
- Ronald J. Sr. "Ron" - Jun 1, 2008
- PST Jun 3, 2008 [2nd longer obit with photo 6/4]
- Ruth Lena (Whitman) Vollero - Jan 8, 2007
- LHR Jan 10, 2007 [Mrs. Joseph, 2nd 1/11]
- Susan A. (Whitman) - Apr 7, 2005
- HCN May 10, 2005 [Mrs. George]
- Winifred Gray (Whitman) Tuve - Jul 8, 1993
- GAZ Jul 10, 1993:B15 [Dr., used the name Winifred Whitman]
Whitmarsh
- Grace (Whitmarsh) Mershon - Jun 26, 2006
- PST Jun 28, 2006 [Mrs. William Livingston, 2nd longer obit 6/29]
Whitmore
- Elsie Haskell - Apr 29, 1994
- GAZ May 6, 1994:B16 [Mrs. Alvah, in South Portland, ME?]
- Ernest - Dec 29, 1992
- Virginia "Ginni" (Whitmore) Freitas - Nov 30, 2005
- SAR Jan 1, 2006:5A [Mrs. James L., 2nd 2:4A]
Whitmyer
- Caroline M. (Whitmyer) Munsell - May 2, 1902
- GAZ May 8, 1902:2 [Mrs. Christian; DN 3:7, 5:5, 6:7]
- Hattie S. (Whitmyer) Case - Jan 18, 1902
- GAZ Jan 20, 1902:5 [Mrs. Lee Roy; DN 20:7, 21:7]
- John C. - Jul 21, 1881
- REF Jul 28, 1881:3 [infant]
Whitmyre
- Gladys Sigsbee - Dec 17, 1994
- GAZ Dec 19, 1994:B9 [Mrs. Raymond L.; DN 19:C7, 20:D5]
Whitney
- Andrew J. - Jan 18, 2011
- GAZ Jan 20, 2011:B7 [Rev.]
- Arthur E. Sr. "Bud" - Oct 6, 2012
- Barbara Ann (Wolosz) - Feb 24, 2010
- LHR Feb 27, 2010 [Mrs. George P., in Utica, NY]
- Betty Jean (Van Nostrand) - Jan 1, 1995
- GAZ Jan 3, 1995:B10 [Mrs. Donald]
- Charles R. - Jun 30, 1993
- Cornelis Vanderbilt "Sonny" - Dec 13, 1992
- SAR Oct 27, 2007:1A [article]
- Cornelius Vanderbilt - Dec 13, 1992
- Diane L. (Whitney) Mongin - Jan 25, 2013
- GAZ Jan 26, 2012:B7 [Mrs. Robert J.]
- AMR Jan 26, 2013 [Mrs. Robert J.]
- Esther (Jensen) - Apr 18, 2013
- GAZ Apr 25, 2013:B7 [Mrs. Harold "Bud"]
- SAR Apr 25, 2013 [Mrs. Harold "Bud"]
- George P. - Jun 26, 1994
- GAZ Jun 28, 1994:B12 [in Herkimer, NY]
- George Wilkes - Aug 17, 2006
- Janet (Whitney) Carpenter - Nov 30, 2010
- GAZ Dec 2, 2010:B8 [Mrs. Jeff]
- SAR Dec 2, 2010 [Mrs. Jeff]
- Joyce E. (Whitney) Moffitt - Dec 30, 2009
- EGL Jan 7, 2010:20 [Mrs. Wayne R. Sr.]
- PST Jan 1, 2010 [Mrs. Wayne R. Sr.]
- Kelsey Grace - Mar 27, 1993
- GAZ Mar 29, 1993:B9 [infant, memoriam 2/27/13:B5]
- Lawrence - Feb 16, 2006
- GAZ Mar 9, 2006:B7 [in Los Angeles, CA]
- Linda Carol (Allen) - Aug 13, 2009
- PST Aug 15, 2009 [Mrs. Gordon Patrick, in Gulfport, MS]
- Louis Hyde - Jan 16, 2008
- Lydia Iris (Whitney) Springer - Jun 29, 2011
- PST Jul 1, 2011 [Mrs. Craig L. "Jimmy", in Rutland, VT]
- Margaret "Peg" (Leffingwell) - May 11, 2011
- GAZ May 15, 2011:B8 [Mrs. Lee, 2nd 16:B8]
- Marion - Nov 15, 1993
- GAZ Nov 16, 1993:B11 [Mrs. Sherman]
- Maurice C.
- PST Feb 7, 2012 [in 1984, article (Maury Thompson column)]
- Phyllis (Devino) - Jul 26, 2008
- GSN Aug 5, 2008 [Mrs. Leonard Jr. "John"]
- PST Jul 29, 2008 [Mrs. Leonard Jr. "John"]
- Ralph A. - Jan 6, 2013
- Scott J. - Aug 24, 2009
- PST Aug 26, 2009 [in Plattsburgh, NY]
- Terry E. Sr. - Mar 11, 2013
- William W. - Oct 17, 1847
- CAB Nov 23, 1847:3 [in Nuevitas, Cuba]
Whitt
- Margaret "Peggy" (Belden) - Mar 3, 2012
- PST Mar 5, 2012 [Mrs., 2nd longer obit with photo 3/6]
Whittaker
- Alma (Ferrin) - Dec 22, 2005
- GAZ Dec 24, 2005:B7 [Mrs. Earl S., memorial 5/17/06:B7]
- SAR Dec 28, 2005:5A [Mrs. Earl S., additional note 5/17/06:7A]
- Arda (Whittaker) Crane - Dec 1, 2009
- LHR Dec 3, 2009 [Mrs. Millard]
- Arthur D. - Mar 10, 2013
- GAZ Mar 18, 2013:B7 [in Hudson, NY]
- John Wesley Sr. - Oct 25, 2010
- PST Oct 28, 2010 [in Greenville, NY]
- Roberta A. (Whittaker) Collins - Dec 30, 2006
- PST Jan 2, 2007 [Mrs. Steve, in Saranac Lake, NY]
Whittemore
- Dennis Allen - Mar 17, 2013
- GAZ Mar 24, 2013:B6 [in Cape Cod, MA]
- Evelyn V. (LaBarge) - Jul 15, 2006
- PST Jul 17, 2006 [Mrs. Charles W.]
- Lois Marie (Whittemore) Hamilton - Nov 23, 2010
- PST Nov 24, 2010 [Mrs. Donald H.]
- Margaret "Marge" (Bromley) - Mar 31, 2008
- PST Apr 1, 2008 [Mrs. Donald]
- Margaret "Peggy" (Whittemore) Phelps - Jan 29, 2013
- PST Feb 12, 2013 [Mrs. Reginald F., in Jacksonville, FL, 2nd 2/13]
- Marie (Whittemore) Kelly - Mar 17, 2006
- Mary (Scripter) - Jan 17, 2012
- PST Jan 21, 2012 [Mrs. Clint]
- SAR Jan 22, 2012:4A [Mrs. Clint]
- Pauline Evelyn "Polly" (Whittemore) Tougas - Jan 20, 2013
- PST Jan 23, 2013 [Mrs., in Cocoa Beach, FL]
- Sharon S. (Rivers) - Oct 6, 2012
- PST Oct 8, 2012 [Mrs. Edwin A.]
Whitten
- Elisa S. (Whitten) Foley - Oct 4, 2007
- SAR Oct 6, 2007:5A [Mrs. Donald E., in Milford, PA]
- James R. - Aug 15, 1993
- GAZ Aug 16, 1993:B11 [correction 17:B11; DN 16:D5, 17:D5]
- Rudolph G. Jr. - Oct 7, 2007
Whittey
- Ann C. - May 11, 1995
- GAZ May 12, 1995:B15 [Mrs. Joseph A. Sr.]